In this article we will talk about the World Health Organization (WHO) and its history and services provided by the organization around the world
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the
United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on
global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms
and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing
technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health
trends.
In the 21st century, health is a shared responsibility, involving
equitable access to essential care and collective defence against
transnational threats
WHO established an epidemiological information service via telex in
1947, and by 1950 a mass tuberculosis inoculation drive (using the BCG
vaccine) was under way. In 1955, the malaria eradication programme was
launched, although it was later altered in objective. 1965 saw the first
report on diabetes mellitus and the creation of the International
Agency for Research on Cancer. WHO moved into its headquarters building
in 1966. The Expanded Programme on Immunization was started in 1974, as
was the control programme into onchocerciasis – an important partnership
between the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP), and World Bank. In the following year,
the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases was
also launched. In 1976, the World Health Assembly voted to enact a
resolution on Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation, with a focus on
community-driven care. The first list of essential medicines was drawn
up in 1977, and a year later the ambitious goal of "health for all" was
declared. In 1986, WHO started it global programme on the growing
problem of HIV/AIDS, followed two years later by additional attention on
preventing discrimination against sufferers and UNAIDS was formed in
1996. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative was established in 1988.
In 1958, Viktor Zhdanov, Deputy Minister of Health for the USSR, called on the World Health Assembly to undertake a global initiative to eradicate smallpox, resulting in Resolution WHA11.54. At this point, 2 million people were dying from smallpox every year. In 1967, the World Health Organization intensified the global smallpox eradication by contributing $2.4 million annually to the effort and adopted a new disease surveillance method. The initial problem the WHO team faced was inadequate reporting of smallpox cases. WHO established a network of consultants who assisted countries in setting up surveillance and containment activities. The WHO also helped contain the last European outbreak in Yugoslavia in 1972. After over two decades of fighting smallpox, the WHO declared in 1980 that the disease had been eradicated – the first disease in history to be eliminated by human effort.
In 1998, WHO's Director General highlighted gains in child survival, reduced infant mortality, raised life expectancy and reduced rates of "scourges" such as smallpox and polio on the fiftieth anniversary of WHO's founding. He, did, however, accept that more had to be done to assist maternal health and that progress in this area had been slow Cholera and malaria have remained problems since WHO's founding, although in decline for a large part of that period In the twenty-first century, the Stop TB Partnership was created in 2000, along with the UN's formulation of the Millennium Development Goals. The Measles initiative was formed in 2001, and credited with reducing global deaths from the disease by 68% by 2007. In 2002, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was drawn up to improve the resources available. In 2006, the organization endorsed the world's first official HIV/AIDS Toolkit for Zimbabwe, which formed the basis for a global prevention, treatment and support plan to fight the AIDS pandemic.
Resources: who.int + wikipedia.org
In 1958, Viktor Zhdanov, Deputy Minister of Health for the USSR, called on the World Health Assembly to undertake a global initiative to eradicate smallpox, resulting in Resolution WHA11.54. At this point, 2 million people were dying from smallpox every year. In 1967, the World Health Organization intensified the global smallpox eradication by contributing $2.4 million annually to the effort and adopted a new disease surveillance method. The initial problem the WHO team faced was inadequate reporting of smallpox cases. WHO established a network of consultants who assisted countries in setting up surveillance and containment activities. The WHO also helped contain the last European outbreak in Yugoslavia in 1972. After over two decades of fighting smallpox, the WHO declared in 1980 that the disease had been eradicated – the first disease in history to be eliminated by human effort.
In 1998, WHO's Director General highlighted gains in child survival, reduced infant mortality, raised life expectancy and reduced rates of "scourges" such as smallpox and polio on the fiftieth anniversary of WHO's founding. He, did, however, accept that more had to be done to assist maternal health and that progress in this area had been slow Cholera and malaria have remained problems since WHO's founding, although in decline for a large part of that period In the twenty-first century, the Stop TB Partnership was created in 2000, along with the UN's formulation of the Millennium Development Goals. The Measles initiative was formed in 2001, and credited with reducing global deaths from the disease by 68% by 2007. In 2002, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was drawn up to improve the resources available. In 2006, the organization endorsed the world's first official HIV/AIDS Toolkit for Zimbabwe, which formed the basis for a global prevention, treatment and support plan to fight the AIDS pandemic.
Resources: who.int + wikipedia.org
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